What is the 'LSE'? Definition & meaning

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Technical Analysis

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.

Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

Quantitative easing

Find out what quantitative easing is and how central banks use this monetary measure to encourage economic growth.

After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

Maturity value

What's the maturity value of a bond?

Balance sheet

A summary of a company's finances, including its assets, liabilities and shareholder equity.

Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

Securities

Bonds and stocks.

index-linked gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI). This is as opposed to a conventional gilt, where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms.

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